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Archive for the 'jazz' Category

Giant Steps video animation

Yazan: Jason | 04 December 2009 | 1 Comment
Categories: jazz, videos

One of my students recently showed me this really amazing computer animation by Michael Levy set to John Coltrane playing Giant Steps. What a cool way to visualize this music–well worth checking out: http://michalevy.com/giantsteps_download

More about François Rabbath from Brian Roessler

Yazan: Jason | 03 December 2009 | No Comments
Categories: bass, jazz

The second part of Brian Roessler’s excellent look at the development of François Rabbath’s career as a jazz artist was recently published. Many bassists seem to forget that Rabbath (former Contrabass Conversations guest) was well-known as a jazz bassist and composer in France, and Brian profiles this key figure in the double bass world wonderfully. [...]

TV/FILM: Ken Burns: What About Mingus?!

Yazan: Jason | 14 October 2009 | No Comments
Categories: jazz

Here’s a hilarious bass player-related story from All About Jazz: The documentary filmmaker Ken Burns has a story he clearly loves to tell. He was walking in New York City a few years ago — on a date — when he heard a man he’d just passed yell violently back at him: “What about Mingus?!” [...]

The declining state of the Chicago jazz scene

Yazan: Jason | 20 September 2009 | 2 Comments
Categories: jazz

All About Jazz laments the decline of several venerable Chicago jazz venues and puts out a heartfelt plea for this magnificent art form this weekend: From PERFORMANCE/TOUR: Chicago Jazz Scene The Jazz Showcase, the area’s biggest jazz venue closed its doors at the end of 2007 after they were not able to renew their lease. [...]

CBC 137: Todd Coolman interview

Yazan: Jason | 12 September 2009 | No Comments
Categories: bass, Contrabass Conversations, jazz, jazz bass playing

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We’re featuring an interview with jazz bassist Todd Coolman on the podcast. This episode is guest hosted by double bassist Win Hinkle, who interviewed Rufus Reid previously for Contrabass Conversations as well. After listening to this interview, I went out and downloaded Perfect Strangers, Todd’s newest album, and I highly recommend it to listeners. Truly [...]